Tova Mirvis


Tova Mirvis is an American novelist. She is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and holds a masters of fine arts degree in fiction writing from Columbia University School of the Arts. Mirvis' family has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, since 1874 when her German-born grandmother moved there at age two.

Wendy Shalit essay

Mirvis was the subject of a 2005 essay by Wendy Shalit entitled "The Observant Reader" in The New York Times Book Review which accused Mirvis, an Orthodox Jew, of writing ostensibly "'insider' fiction actually reveals the authors' estrangement from the traditional Orthodox community." Mirvis defended herself in an essay in The Forward.

Writings

Mirvis's published works include:

Books

;Novels
;Memoir

Shorter works

Essays and other pieces